It appears that critical information on U.S. inflation, jobs and unemployment for October may disappear in a data “black hole,” as Trump administration officials say some key economic figures for the month may be lost forever.

Further rate cuts could effectively be “done and dusted” after fresh jobs data showed a lift in employment in October, an economist has warned.

South Africa’s unemployment rate dropped for the first time this year in the third quarter as the construction, community and trade industries added jobs.

As ONS figures reveal the UK’s unemployment rate has hit its highest level outside the COVID pandemic era for nearly a decade, which sectors are likely to be affected most?